TECHNOLOGY

Circuit Bug

STEAM Club
Whiz Kids
 WORKSHEETS

No Stage Name / link Qty Instructions

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 MATERIALS
STEAM materials
1. Pipe cleaners
2. Puffballs
3. LED lights
4. Mounting squares
5. 3 volt button battery
6. Glue dots
7. Scissors

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 PROJECT OVERVIEW
No.​​ Stage​​ Time​​ Details​​
1​​ Look and say​​ 7 Students talk about the things they see at home
2​​ Think about it​​ 5​​ Nina needs to learn how a flashlight works
3​​ Learn about it​​ 8 Nina learns about circuit from her teacher
4​​ Project prep 5 Students answer questions about the project model
Students find out what materials they need
5​​ Project 20 Students make their circuit bug
6​​ Write and say 10 Students review vocabulary and project steps
Students write sentences about the project
Students ask and answer questions about the project
7​​ Recap / When you 5​​ Students review the 6 steps
go home
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 1. Look and say
Do you have these things in your house?
Look at these pictures and say their name. Use the words in the box.

Number 1 is a lamp. I
have a lamp at home.

1 2

fridge lamp
flashlight washer 3 4 5

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 2. Think about it
Nina is preparing for her school's camping trip, but
her flashlight is broken. She wants to fix it, but she
doesn't know how a flashlight works. I will need (a)____
In pairs, read and answer the questions. for my camping trip

1. What will you need on a camping trip?

 Food
 Television
 Flashlight
 Water

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 3. Learn about it
Nina asks her Computer Science teacher, and he
How does the light turn on in your room? We
shows Nina some basic information about how a know they use electricity but how does it get
circuit works. from its power source to where we need it?
Read the sentence, then circle the correct answer. That’s where a circuit comes in, it moves
power from a battery to whatever needs
power.
1. Which of the following uses electricity?
a) A remote control
b) A light
c) A teddy bear

2. A circuit …
d) stops the power
e) moves power from a battery to an item
f) is a toy 7

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 4. Project prep: model
After learning about circuit, Nina wants to try out a
simple circuit system by making a circuit bug.
In pairs, think and answer the questions.

1. How many wings and legs do the bug have?

The bug has _______ .

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 5. Project: materials
Let's have a look at the materials.
Look, repeat the materials after teacher, then match.

1. Pipe cleaners ___

2. Puffballs ___
3. LED lights ___ b c
4. Mounting squares ___ f
5. 3 volt button battery ___
6. Glue dots ___ e
7. Scissors ___
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 5. Project
Let's start doing our project!
Look at the teacher and follow the steps.

Step 1

• Test out your battery by putting your

LEDs on to your battery (the longer
lead goes on the plus side and shorter
lead goes on the negative.

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 5. Project
Let's start doing our project!
Look at the teacher and follow the steps.

Step 2

• Cut out the mounting squares

and put it on top of those two
leads. Do not remove this layer.

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 5. Project
Let's start doing our project!
Look at the teacher and follow the steps.

Step 3

• Start making the body of the bug

with pipecleaners.
• Cut off the remaining pipe cleaner.

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 5. Project
Let's start doing our project!
Look at the teacher and follow the steps.

Step 4

• Twist the circle to make a set of wings.

• Repeat the step to make another
smaller set of wings.

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 5. Project
Let's start doing our project!
Look at the teacher and follow the steps.

Step 5

• Use the remaining pipe cleaner

to twist them together in the
middle.

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 5. Project
Let's start doing our project!
Look at the teacher and follow the steps.

Step 6

• Use the remaining pipe cleaner to

twist them together in the middle.
• Trim of the excess.

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 5. Project
Let's start doing our project!
Look at the teacher and follow the steps.

Step 7

• Mount the bug's body to the battery

by pressing the body to the
mounting square.

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 5. Project
Let's start doing our project!
Look at the teacher and follow the steps.

Step 8

• Lastly, secure the puffball on top of the

bug to form its' head.

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 6. Write and say
Let’s look at the lesson again. What do you remember?
Fill in the missing letters.
Please help me!

Ci_cuit B_g B_ttery

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Fl_shligh_ P_wer
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 6. Write and say
Let’s look at the lesson again. What do you
remember?
Fill in the blank.

1. We can turn on the light in our room

because it has _______.
2. A ____ works by moving power from a
battery.
3. We use ____ _____ to make the circuit
bug.

pipe cleaner electricity circuit

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 Recap
Let’s look again at what you've learnt
today. You did a great job!!

 I can identify things with electricity.

 I can talk about how a circuit works.
 I can make a circuit bug.
ü I can read and write about the
materials I used to make a circuit bug.
ü I can remember the vocabulary words
and materials I used today.

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GOODBYE!
See you next lesson!

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